USN-3542-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities<\/p>\n
22nd January, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its Several security issues were addressed in the Linux kernel.\n<\/p>\n USN-3542-1 addressed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following To update your system, please follow these instructions: Please note that fully mitigating CVE-2017-5715<\/a> (Spectre Variant 2) After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to CVE-2017-5715<\/a>, <\/p>\n CVE-2017-5753<\/a>, <\/p>\n https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/SecurityTeam\/KnowledgeBase\/SpectreAndMeltdown<\/a><\/p>\n Source: USN-3542-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" USN-3542-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3542-2 22nd January, 2018 linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were addressed in the Linux kernel. Software description linux-lts-trusty – Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise ESM Details USN-3542-1 addressed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for theLinux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS forUbuntu 12.04 ESM. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculativeexecution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads viasidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attackercould use this to expose sensitive information, including kernelmemory. This update provides mitigations for the i386 (CVE-2017-5753only) and amd64 architectures. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the [ more… ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-21911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-usn","tag-ubuntu-usn"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21912,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21911\/revisions\/21912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities<\/h3>\n
\n derivatives:<\/p>\n\n
Summary<\/h3>\n
Software description<\/h3>\n
\n
\n – Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise ESM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nDetails<\/h3>\n
14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the
Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.<\/p>\n
execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via
sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker
could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel
memory. This update provides mitigations for the i386 (CVE-2017-5753<\/a>
only) and amd64 architectures.<\/p>\nUpdate instructions<\/h3>\n
\npackage version:<\/p>\n\n
\n
\n 3.13.0-140.189~precise1<\/a>
\n <\/span>\n <\/dd>\n
\n
\n 3.13.0.140.131<\/a>
\n <\/span>\n <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
\nhttps:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n
requires corresponding processor microcode\/firmware updates or,
in virtual environments, hypervisor updates. On i386 and amd64
architectures, the IBRS and IBPB features are required to enable the
kernel mitigations. Ubuntu is working with Intel and AMD to provide
future microcode updates that implement IBRS and IBPB as they are made
available. Ubuntu users with a processor from a different vendor should
contact the vendor to identify necessary firmware updates. Ubuntu
will provide corresponding QEMU updates in the future for users of
self-hosted virtual environments in coordination with upstream QEMU.
Ubuntu users in cloud environments should contact the cloud provider
to confirm that the hypervisor has been updated to expose the new
CPU features to virtual machines.<\/p>\n
apply the necessary changes.<\/p>\nReferences<\/h3>\n